Sanskrit: भ ग व द ् ग ी त ा, Roman word: Bhagavad G and t ā, English translation: Song of God.Paraphrase: Chinese song of songs of god, the dark LORD, bhagavad gita literally means "the songs of the LORD" or "song god", the main or god is dark LORD KRISHNA (krsna), the blessed one equivalent to god, the Vatican is equivalent to the holy spirit.The bhagavad gita isThe HinduThe important classical and ancient Indian yoga texts, for the ancient Indian philosophy lesson poetry, contains two in India one epic "mahabharata" (located in Parva Bhisma chapter 23-40), also referred to as "the song (G and t ā)".It is only a record of god but not in the face of god or the prophet classic speech, a total of 700 verses.Written in the fifth century BC to the 2nd century BC, has been translated into the "gita".

The bhagavad gita religious status

One of the Hindu scripture, of ancient and modern household Sanskrit religious poetry in Indian society.The poem was great epic "mahabharata" the sixth part of the article.The author and book s are unknown.Academics in the book of the s has said there were so many different, and the presumption of time, around one thousand BC, between after the fourth century BC.

This poetry is the blessed one scripture, due to the blessed one pie leader was thought is god Vishnu in the vedas, so it is absorbed to the orthodox brahmin circles.The book has a great effect for India's ideological circle, and it is the spiritual pillar of the modern Indian thinkers.Genre is a dialogue, Arjuna by prince (Arjuna) and dark (Kri ş na) of question and answer, two people discussed in the existing social system, must be egoless each ought, and respond to the only god of absolute refuge and dedication.Because disambiguation of dispute has taken thought is extremely, therefore in the philosophy and practice, beliefs, and temporal correlation, often contradictory and unified way, however, wherein and sex and away from light, most indians are good, and the Gospel of the hindus, the motto of believers, are still indians reciting classics sooner or later.

The ancient Indian "mahabharata" the mythical Lu ZhiyeThe wardescribe

The main content of the bhagavad gita

"Bhagavad gita" as the name suggests is a poem, a total of 18 chapters, mainly explains the concept of "truth" the five: at ease, the existence, the elements, responsibilities and time, about my behavior.

The first chapter

The first chapter describes the arjuna and dark before all Lu Zhiye war between dialogue on the battlefield.Arjuna saw at that time many of the relatives and friends in the enemy camp, feel sad and confused, decided not to fight.

The second chapter

The second chapter about arjuna is to act as his coachman's dark for guidance.Dark to arjuna persuasion to use the basic concept of religious faith and many hindus, dark education arjuna only body can be killed, and eternal self is immortal, as fighters have an obligation to get dharma by war.

The third chapter

In the third chapter arjuna asked if knowledge is more important than action why fight, dark emphasize accountable for the greater good, action is more important than the result.Dark angel said: "don't take offense arjuna!I have explained, in this world, my consciousness is divided into two classes.Some tend to know me through experience and philosophical thought;Others tend to know me through dedication service.Single end activities, and can't get away from karma;Only by rejected, also cannot achieve perfect.People are helpless, was forced to material in the form of natural instincts.Therefore, who also won't stop activities.Containment activity of sensory, heart from sense objects, is self-deception.Who is so, then called hypocrites.Instead, who with mind control senses, with active senses engaged in devotion, and there is no attachment, is much more noble.Will send you to perform assigned responsibility, because the action is better than no action.Don't work, or even unable to maintain physical body...Dear arjuna, do not obey the vedas assigned system of ritual sacrifice of life is full of suffering.Indulge in meet the senses, and waste of life.Find happiness in yourself, however, find inspiration in the self, and only in the self, then find joy and satisfaction, fully satisfy: such a person, no responsibility ".Chapter iv dark telling his reincarnation many times, in order to protect the religious destruction disrespect people and teach yoga.Dark angel said: "when you get the insight, will also know, everything is just part of my - they all with me, and belong to me.Even though you are evil, evil, once on the boat of transcendental knowledge, can through the pain.Flames burn wood into grains, o arjuna, the flame of knowledge also consumes the material activity of karma into ".

The fifth chapter

Arjuna said to give up or better action, dark think two choices are likely to be useful, but follows the card the yoga is better.

Chapter vi

Dark taught meditation posture and achieve samadhi right way.Dark angel said: "the so-called rejected, is take the supreme yoga -.People unless rejected of sensual pleasures, will not be able to become a yoga teacher.For beginner eight heavy yoga, the work is a means;To have reached one of yoga, is the means to stop all material activities.Rejected all material desires, activities and not for sensory meet, don't pursue a result, is it reach the yoga realm ".

Chapter vii.

Dark taught yoga knowledge.Black said, "all my consciousness, mind attached and I completely understand my doubts nothing...I am everything, but bully their independence.I am not material natural form.The whole world is three forms (kind, lust, ignorance) might be crumbling, for I know nothing.But I, beyond the three forms, and endless.Three forms of material nature is my sacred ability, it is difficult to overcome.To me, beyond the easily.Evil ACTS obviously folly, is human scum.Knowledge is robbed of images, and have an evil nature of atheism, they have not converted to me...No wisdom, don't know me, think I Krishna, the ultimate personality is a personality before, it's only in the form of the personhood.Due to the shallow knowledge, they don't know me higher nature - I unchanged and the supremacy of nature.I will never show itself to folly no wisdom.For them, I was all by your inner energy.So they don't know me, although I have no life, never make mistakes.Arjuna!I am god, and know everything that happens in the past, know everything that happens now, also know that everything will happen in the future.I know everything, but who also don't know me."

Chapter viii.

Defines the blessed one and dark karma, and other important concepts and explained how to close to the supreme god.Dark angel said: "can't be destroyed the detachment of creatures called brahman.The eternal nature of biological called spiritual knowledge.With the development of physical activities is called karma.Body trapped in the biological junjie, change more than the material nature is called the death of all the world;, including all half of god as god, the Lord of the universe form as god, and the hearts of each member in the form of oversoul a body trapped creatures called a sacrifice to the Lord of the supreme Lord.Who died when you leave the body, want to me, nature is the same with me immediately.There is no doubt this is...God than all great, but through sheer dedication close.Though he lives in his own home, but over all things, everything within him."

Chapter 9

Dark to show arjuna god and the universe as a whole.Black said, "I came in the form of people in the world, a fool to me.They don't know me the transcendental nature and beyond all of the supremacy of areas.Confusion is attracted to evil and without god's point of view, by the blind, they pursued moksha, develop knowledge, into the activity, the newspaper industry was all in vain...I am the rituals, ritual sacrifice, sacrifice ancestors offered products, herbal medicine, transcendental singing.I am the cream, fire, sacrifice...I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, witnesses, residence, sanctuary, the most intimate friends.I was to create and destroy.I is the foundation of all things, I'm resting place, I am the seed of eternity...Even the most hateful people do, as long as engaged in dedication, can also be holy, because his status become truly...Think of me heart constant, top worship worship me;Wholly focused on me, so, you must come to me."

Chapter ten

The performance of the described his dark days is all roots.Dark angel said: "know me no birth, no beginning, is the god of all the world, then, is in the crowd, but not deluded, away from all evils".

Chapter 11

Black at the request of arjuna, shows his universal form.Dark angel said: "I is time, the world's biggest destroyer.I come to destroy all the people.In addition to your various pandu here both sides will soldiers were killed......Dear arjuna, pure dedication service, for I am far away from the past activities of pollution and the mind, love all living things, will close to me."

Chapter 12

Dark tells the story of dedicated yoga.Dark angel said: "the control of different senses, efforts for the creatures alike, for all biological benefit, utterly adore the personality of absolute truth -- -- did not show, outside of the sensory perception, through all things, incredible, can't move, so, the last also can close to me......As long as your mind focused on me - the ultimate personality, will you give me the wisdom of all the dedication.So, there is no doubt that you always live in my ".

Chapter 13

Dark about nature, the profligate and perception.Dark said: "humility, not pride, no violence, tolerant, really pure, close to the real spiritual teacher, clean, stable, self-control, rejected object of sensual pleasures, excluding false, I know the birth, aging, illness, and death, unfortunately, does not depend on his family, and so on, and pain when calm, pure dedication, often go to better claim on my constantly place, away from the general public, admit consciously important, to the absolute truth philosophy, all these have I declared the knowledge here, on the contrary is ignorance...It is said that the nature is all activities and results of matter reason, biology is one of the world for a wide variety of different going ".

Chapter 14

Dark tells the story of three forms of material nature.Dark angel said: "the material all the known as the Vatican, is the birth of the original.Can I make the Vatican conception, all living things.The son of bin twips!You must know, all kinds of all kinds of creatures born in the material nature, can exist in the beginning, and I am now semina father.Material nature has three forms: kindness, passion and ignorance.Biological contact with nature, namely, the three conditions of the form.Innocent people!Good form than the other two form pure, enlightenment, make the person from all evil karma.Develop knowledge in a good shape, but restricted by conditions of the concept of happiness...Fully engaged in devotional service, in any case will not fall, immediately form, beyond the physical nature and reach the state of the Vatican."

Chapter 15

Dark paradise with roots of the tree that symbol metaphor.The tree will be "out of the axes of" cut off, can't go to the dark eternal kingdom.Dark angel said: "there is a banyan, root upward to shoot down, is that the vedic hymns.Know the tree know the vedas.Up and down the tree's branches extend, nourish by three form natural substance.Branchlets is the sense objects.The tree also has a downward growth of root, bound to the karma activities of human society.The real shape of the tree in the world can't consciousness.Who also don't know where the tree finally, where, where is the foundation.Determined, however, you can to get out for weapons, cut down the tree.As a result, they must find a place, to need not come back, and can convert to god there.Everything begins with god, and from the beginning, just depend on god.No wrong concepts, not vanity, give up the relationship between the false, understand the eternal, removal of material desires, going from one relative, learn how to convert to god, can reach the kingdom of eternity."

Chapter 16

Described the human dark god of sex and sexual sin.And about to give up the lust, anger, and the manner of greed and rely on the bible to correct.Dark angel said: "not afraid, purify, cultivate the spiritual knowledge, generosity, self control, sacrifices, study the vedas, hard, simple life, without violence, honesty, not anger, renunciation, peace of mind, not picky about the mistakes of others, compassionate, greed, generous, humble, determined to firmly, there is energy, broad, persistence, clean, no envy no jealous, not greedy vanity -- the transcendent quality, the bourgeois art after ah, belongs to the divine nature of saints.Pride, arrogance, anger, conceit, demanding, ignorance - these qualities are evil nature, the son of pu rita!Transcendent quality bring relief, the quality of the evil caused.The son of the pandavas!Don't worry, because you are born with a sacred quality...There are three door leads to hell, it is lust, anger, greed.Every rational person should give up, because the three enemy will only induce soul to fall...A man should be through the specification of the bible, to understand what is and what isn't.After understanding these norms and rules, have to be physically and gradually improve themselves ".

Chapter 17

Dark tells the story of the three types of faith.Dark angel said: "the body trapped soul in accordance with the natural forms of three different, faith also divided into three kinds: kind, erotic, foolish...In good shape; the demigodThe people worship the devil in the form of lust;In the fool people worship ghosts and spirits...All the creatures that eat food also according to the material nature of the form is divided into three categories.Sacrifice sacrifices, austerities and charity or so...Austerities body include: worship the Lord, worship brahman, the spiritual master, respect like parents or elders.Clean, simple, single, without violence is also a body of asceticism.Words asceticism including telling the truth, say good words, and not to offend others.A person should also be time to recite the vedas.

Chapter 18

Dark call arjuna give away all his dharma, only listen to black is the most perfect life, eventually persuaded arjuna to war.Dark angel said: "the ritual sacrifice, charity and penance penance and other activities should not give up, reaction.In fact, to make an atonement ritual sacrifice, charity and penance even great soul purification.All these activities should not pray for the results.The son of pu rita!Should see it as a responsibility.This is my final opinion...Happiness comes from the senses and sense objects of contact, as if the dew at the beginning, end, like poison;Lust, this happiness is said to have belonged to form...Mind calm and self control, penance, pure pure, tolerance, honesty, wisdom, knowledge, to piety - these are the Vatican work depends on the quality of the...The Lord is the source of all living things, and over all things.A responsibility, a worship of the Lord, to perfect the state...Only through dedication service, people can really know god.In this dedication, perception of god completely, can enter the kingdom of god...Give up all religion, as long as to me.I'll save you from sin.Don't be afraid."

Comments and research

In terms of research, shankara, rama slaves all scholars for this poem has a lot of comments;In addition,, bei (r. gutierrez arbe) and cade (o. Schrader) the results of two people also nots allow to ignore., bei had it translated into German, and distinguish the monotheism of the blessed one (Bhagavata) with two kinds of systems such as pantheism, among over the original Canon criticism;Cade is to found in Kashmir this compare to the current version, discusses the similarities and differences, advantages and disadvantages of both.Again, Calcutta in 1808 had published the original works of Sanskrit, 1822 w. a. von Schlegel has also published Latin translation.In addition, the common law countries there is translation.Japanese kojiro Gao Nanshun translation and straight koga translation.Have some kind of Chinese translation.The one continent xu Vatican translation (classical Chinese), bao-sheng zhang translation (Chinese) two kinds, in addition has the international association of kish took perception by publishing the translation, and Taiwan Cheng Zhaoxiong translation.Mainland version is called the bhagavad gita, kish took perception association entitled "gita";While Taiwan Cheng Zhaoxiong version called "bo the blessed one song".